DEERHOOF - New 7”s, Reissues, Congotronic Vs. Rockers News & More!

Deerhoof’sMilk Manis being reissued on vinyl in celebration of the band’s upcoming All Tomorrow’s Parties performance of the album this July in London (alongsideThe Flaming LipsandDinosaur Jr.).

A 180-gram strawberry vinyl version will be available in stores on July 5thand limited to 1000 copies.

The starting point forMilk Manwas a cartoon character created by Japanese artist Ken Kagami, a longtime friend ofDeerhoofvocalist Satomi Matsuzaki.

In contrast to the earnest guitar rock that predominated on their previous albumApple O',Milk Manfeatured a broad palette of orchestral colors, echoes of music theater and camp, polished and gaudy arrangements, Stravinskian harmonies, and a more stylized, anonymous playing style resulting partly from recording most of the instruments at separate times rather than playing together as a band, and partly from many of the arrangements being created in a computer.

Critical praise forMilk Mancame notably fromNMEandSpin, and the song "Milk Man" was chosen in 2009 as one ofPitchfork's top tracks of the decade.

Polyvinyl has a special pre-order package deal on these releases. VisitPolyvinylRecords.comfor more information.